It’s almost 2022 and time for New Year’s resolutions. And you want to work on your OCD as your resolution! Congratulations! You have come to the right place. We can help you find the right therapist and begin your work. In this blog, we will talk about what to look for in an OCD therapist….
There are so many subtypes of OCD that people speak about nowadays. There are often the most common ones that quickly come to mind, such as contamination-related OCD, harm-related OCD and “just-right” OCD. But now there are also many other subtypes that people will speak about. A quick internet search turns up a whole variety…
As more and more individuals across the globe have been able to access virtual therapy, we have learned a great deal about its benefits for clients. These have included: enhanced flexibility, increased accessibility and limitless creativity. I want to talk about the idea of limitless creativity today. When providing therapy for individuals with anxiety and…
It is that time of the year again for those of us who are living in Canada. The days are still long, but getting shorter. Night time falls just a little bit earlier than it did one month ago. And we all anticipate the first few leaves falling from the trees. This all means we…
The last year has seen a flourishing of online therapy as a way to deliver mental health treatment. I have reviewed the benefits of this…
Treatment for OCD is challenging. Recently, there has been an emphasis on exposure and response prevention (ERP) as the only effective…
In the weeks following the pandemic, therapists were quickly “pivoting” to offering their clients virtual therapy. In the absence of…
As I write this blog, COVID 19 rages across Canada, the hospital where I work has created a field hospital, and physicians in Ontario may…
My son told me that other day children must be protected at all costs during the pandemic – they are the future of this world. It was an…
Welcome to another blog within our Anxiety and Stress Management Blog Series. I wanted to share some ways that we can think about…
As winter marches on and we continue to be challenged by pandemic lockdowns and new COVID-19 variants, I thought a blog series focused on…
Given the challenges of the ongoing pandemic and the long winter months, Forward Thinking Psychological Services is running a Coping…
